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This is the only book authored by a non-Cuban that thoroughly explores Cuba’s electoral process. Based on the author’s 18-month stay on the island, it provides a comprehensive account of the entire process, enriched with dozens of his original photos, making you feel as if you were there! (Havana: Editorial José Martí, 1999)

The book examines Cuba’s neighbours Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador, providing insights into their democratic developments. It expands on the author’s 1999 book, offering a critical look at Cuba’s political system through Cuban revolutionaries’ perspectives. The chapter “Democracy in the U.S.” explores cooptation and racial dynamics in the U.S. system, essential for understanding the 2024 election. (Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 2013)

This is the only book authored by a non-Cuban that thoroughly explores Cuba’s electoral process. Based on the author’s 18-month stay on the island, it provides a comprehensive account of the entire process, enriched with dozens of his original photos, making you feel as if you were there! (Havana: Editorial José Martí, 1999)

The book examines Cuba’s neighbours Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador, providing insights into their democratic developments. It expands on the author’s 1999 book, offering a critical look at Cuba’s political system through Cuban revolutionaries’ perspectives. The chapter “Democracy in the U.S.” explores cooptation and racial dynamics in the U.S. system, essential for understanding the 2024 election. (Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 2013)

Cuba y Sus Vecinos: Democracia en movimiento (Spanish translation of Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion). (Havana: Ediciones de las Ciencias Sociales, 2014)

Korean translation of Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion. (Seoul: Samcheolli Publishing, 2015)

Cuba y Sus Vecinos: Democracia en movimiento (Spanish translation of Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion). (Havana: Ediciones de las Ciencias Sociales, 2014)

Korean translation of Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion. (Seoul: Samcheolli Publishing, 2015)

To understand the U.S. policy of undermining Cuba through cultural wars, this book is essential. It is the only one in English dedicated to this aspect and accurately predicted the outcome. And the results are far from pretty. (Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 2017)

This Spanish-language book is an updated and improved version of the original English-language edition Cuba–U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond. (Santiago de Cuba: Editorial Oriente, 2018)

To understand the U.S. policy of undermining Cuba through cultural wars, this book is essential. It is the only one in English dedicated to this aspect and accurately predicted the outcome. And the results are far from pretty. (Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 2017)

This Spanish-language book is an updated and improved version of the original English-language edition Cuba–U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond. (Santiago de Cuba: Editorial Oriente, 2018)

Farsi translation of Cuba–U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond. (Tehran: Masmoon Books, 2021)

Forthcoming in English as Fidel Castro and Pierre Trudeau: Lessons Learned from Cuba, Canada and China (working title), Iskra Books (2025), this book reveals the untold story of Fidel, featuring insights on Pierre Trudeau and China, and impactful, original photos. (Havana: Centro Fidel Castro Ruz, 2024)

Farsi translation of Cuba–U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond. (Tehran: Masmoon Books, 2021)

Forthcoming in English as Fidel Castro and Pierre Trudeau: Lessons Learned from Cuba, Canada and China (working title), Iskra Books (2025), this book reveals the untold story of Fidel, featuring insights on Pierre Trudeau and China, and impactful, original photos. (Havana: Centro Fidel Castro Ruz, 2024)

FIDEL CASTRO COMMEMORATIVE BOOKLET

Fidel Castro, Guerrillero (Second Edition) by Arnold August

This 25-page, illustrated, trilingual commemorative booklet by Arnold August was first published in 2016 as a tribute to Fidel Castro. It contains two insightful texts available in English, Spanish and French: “Fidel the Guerrilla in 2015–16 and Beyond” and “Fidel’s Legacy to the World on Theory and Practice.” The first piece is a presentation Arnold gave in August 2016 on Fidel’s 90th birthday, highlighting what Arnold believes to be Fidel’s prescient insights on Obama’s Cuba policy, which have been vindicated by recent events. The second piece also provides a glimpse into today’s Cuba, its strengths and weaknesses.

This second edition, published in September 2024, commemorates a decade since Presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro re-established diplomatic relations in December 17, 2014, followed in 2016 by Obama’s historic visit to Cuba.

After the U.S. elections, if Harris wins, get ready for Obama 2.0 in U.S. foreign policy with Trump/Biden/Harris characteristics. This includes the drastically changed Cuba–U.S. policy resulting from the December 17, 2014, agreement between Presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro to reopen their countries’ respective embassies. Read the story behind Obama’s goals and his March 2016 visit to Cuba. What was Fidel Castro’s view on both the December 17 agreement and Obama’s visit to Cuba?

ARNOLD’S FEATURED

Geopolitics Newsletter 117: China, Lebanon/Gaza, Cuba

Geopolitics Newsletter 116: Palestine, Venezuela, China, U.S. (Uhuru 3)

Geopolitics Newsletter 115: Palestine, Ukraine, DNC, Assange, Venezuela

IN THE NEWS

Video: MOATS with George Galloway interviewing Arnold August on Hamas, Palestine, DNC, Ukraine

I am increasingly interested in broadcasting. The following video segment from the Mother of All Talk Shows (MOATS) with George Galloway, August 18, 2024, deals with Palestine, Hamas, Israel, the U.S. and the Democratic National Convention. The conversation with George also touches on the recent NATO-Ukraine incursion into Russian territory as, in my opinion, a potential bargaining chip for Zelensky in the event of a Trump election victory, resulting in a significant reduction in military aid to the Kyiv regime in Ukraine in favor of a “negotiated peace settlement.” I may have been wrong. We shall see. However, in today’s news, we learn that Ukraine is having a difficult time in Donbass. This confirms the view, alluded to in the interview, that the Zelensky regime’s invasion into Russia may spell disaster for Kyiv, as it has overextended itself; it now has two fronts, one in Ukraine and the other in Russia. In any case, I am anxious to hear the views of you, the readers.

INTERVIEWS BY ARNOLD AUGUST

INTERVIEWS BY
ARNOLD AUGUST

Professor Michael Carley

Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel

Professor Michael Carley

Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel

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ENGLISH

CGTN (CHINA)

NEW COLD WAR:
KNOW BETTER

GLOBAL TIMES (CHINA)

ORINOCO TRIBUNE

CGTN (CHINA)

NEW COLD WAR:
KNOW BETTER

GLOBAL TIMES (CHINA)

ORINOCO TRIBUNE

FRIENDS OF SOCIALIST CHINA

VENEZUELANALYSIS

THE CANADA FILES

GLOBAL RESEARCH

FRIENDS OF SOCIALIST CHINA

VENEZUELANALYSIS

THE CANADA FILES

GLOBAL RESEARCH

BLACK AGENDA REPORT

COUNTERPUNCH

CUBA-NETWORK IN DEFENSE OF HUMANITY

AMÉRICA LATINA EN MOVIMIENTO (ALAINET)

BLACK AGENDA REPORT

COUNTERPUNCH

CUBA-NETWORK IN DEFENSE OF HUMANITY

AMÉRICA LATINA EN MOVIMIENTO (ALAINET)

RESUMEN LATINOAMERICANO AND THE THIRD WORLD

TELESUR

CANADIAN DIMENSION

CUBADEBATE

RESUMEN LATINOAMERICANO AND THE THIRD WORLD

TELESUR

CANADIAN DIMENSION

CUBADEBATE

FIDEL: SOLDIER OF IDEAS

GRANMA

GREEN LEFT (AUSTRALIA)

VOLTAIRE NETWORK (FRANCE)

FIDEL: SOLDIER OF IDEAS

GRANMA

GREEN LEFT (AUSTRALIA)

VOLTAIRE NETWORK (FRANCE)

FRENCH

MONDIALISATION

LE GRAND SOIR

RÉSEAU VOLTAIRE (FRANCE)

MONDIALISATION

LE GRAND SOIR

RÉSEAU VOLTAIRE (FRANCE)

SPANISH

TRABAJADORES

GLOBALIZACIÓN

TERCERA INFORMACIÓN

RED EN DEFENSA DE LA HUMANIDAD

TRABAJADORES

GLOBALIZACIÓN

TERCERA INFORMACIÓN

RED EN DEFENSA DE LA HUMANIDAD

PSUV (PARTIDO SOCIALISTA UNIDO DE VENEZUELA)

PRENSA LATINA

LA PUPILA INSOMNE

CUBASÍ

PSUV (PARTIDO SOCIALISTA UNIDO DE VENEZUELA)

PRENSA LATINA

LA PUPILA INSOMNE

CUBASÍ

CUBAPERIODISTAS

LA JIRIBILLA

REBELIÓN

RED DE INTELECTUALES Y ARTISTAS EN DEFENSA DE LA HUMANIDAD

CUBAPERIODISTAS

LA JIRIBILLA

REBELIÓN

RED DE INTELECTUALES Y ARTISTAS EN DEFENSA DE LA HUMANIDAD

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GRANMA

CUBADEBATE

RED VOLTAIRE (FRANCE)

PERIÓDICO 26

GRANMA

CUBADEBATE

RED VOLTAIRE (FRANCE)

ABOUT

Arnold August, M.A. in Political Science from McGill University, where he also completed two years of Ph.D. studies in the same field, is a Montreal-based author and journalist specializing in geopolitics and international relations, Global South, multipolarity, Latin America, Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA), Venezuela, BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).

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